Do It Yourself Solar
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A wide variety of solutions are available here in the following categories -

- Space Heating -

- Water Heating -

- Electricity -

Solar Space Heating -

Passive Solar Design
From Sustainable Sources

Solar DIY Space Heating Page
From Build It Solars' web site

Whole Building Design Guide
From the National Institute of Building Sciences

References
From Build It Solars' web site


Solar Water Heating

Solar DIY Water Heating Page
From Build It Solars' web site

Plans for the classic "Batch Heater"
Download the Integral Passive Solar Water Heater Book, written by David Bainbridge back in the 1980's.  We used to design these to be integrated into the passive solar homes we designed back then.

Experimental system for $1,000 in materials
From Build It Solars' web site

SunCache system for Do It Yourselfers

References
From Build It Solars' web site


Solar Electricity -

PV Installation Process & Tutorial
From Go Solar California

Make Your Own Solar Panels
This isn't something we'd recommend to someone wanting to build a whole system (manufactured panels will last much longer, have performance warranties and are pretty inexpensive these days).

References
From Build It Solars' web site

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Last revised
04/04/2010

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